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MU Veterans Honored at Luncheon

MANSFIELD, PA— Mansfield University marked Veterans
Day with an appreciation luncheon for all students, faculty and staff who are serving
or have served in the U.S. military.

MU President
Fran Hendricks, who retired after 33 years as a brigadier general in the U.S.
Air Force to return to his alma mater this year, told the gathering, “We owe so
much to our veterans and it’s a debt we can never truly repay. Their stories
are the stories of our history because America rose to greatness on the
shoulders of their service and their sacrifice. We owe them our very way of
life, our freedom to live, work and raise our families as we please.”

Hendricks
cited examples of veterans’ contributions and leadership throughout U.S.
history up to present day and thanked and honored them all for their service.

“It is my contention that American’s
next great generation is among us now,” he said. “They serve as volunteers in
the defense of our nation, putting service before self. They’ve proven their mettle
under fire. I’ve seen them first hand and they are an impressive group.”

A new veterans
organization, advised by Joshua Battin, assistant professor of Criminal
Justice, and Dusty Zeyn, associate director of Residence Life, both veterans
themselves, is being formed at MU.

The luncheon
was provided byMansfield VFW Post 6757,
Wellsboro Veterans Club, Friends of Joe Scarnati, Citizens & Northern Bank,
the Hoffman Family in honor of USAF Senior Airman Michael T. Hoffman, Wellsboro
VFW Post 4907, Wellsboro American Legion Post 84 and the Mansfield Kiwanis
Club. Support was also provided by the Mansfield University ROTC and the Mansfield
University Foundation.